On the basketball court, Karl Turk forgets that he walks with a limp and a cane. He'll get so caught up in the moment that he'll gesture with his hands to make a point and his cane will go flying. He's in the zone.

(CNN) -- First there's the valet.
Awaiting your arrival with a welcoming smile, a claim ticket and a tacit understanding that you'll know how to properly reciprocate ($5) when it's time to retrieve your car.

City officials, residents and their four- legged friends came out in the cold to the land donated by the Humane Society of North East Texas to ceremoniously begin the construction on the long awaited project aimed at saving hundreds of li